Chapter 8 :Tumbbad Ending Explained

The ending of Tumbbad reveals that though Vinayak managed to get the loincloth full of gold, one of the Hastars touched and cursed him.

Vinayak offers Pandurang the gold, but Pandurang sees the horrific consequence of the greed and refuses the gold, much to Vinayak's joy.

Pandurang finally breaks the cycle of greed and curse, burns his father alive to free him from the curse, and puts him to sleep by stating, "go to sleep, else Hastar will come".

Had Pandurang taken the loincloth filled with gold, he would have started a new cycle of gold-lust as no amount of money would ever be enough.

It would have ended with Pandurang paying the price by eventually being cursed and passing on the greed down his family line